hate.

There should be a special level of Hell reserved for the people in apartment buildings who not only use all of the washing machines at once, but also all of the dryers. Not consectutively, but simultaneously.

All three washers.
And all three dryers.
AT THE SAME TIME.

Pustule bumped, syphilis infected monkey dick.

Currently, the washers are all stopped and the dryers are still going. They have a plastic bin sitting there, next to the waiting chair (that no one ever sits in). Does the unnamed and forementioned monkey dick take his clothing out of the stopped washing machines and place it in his empty plastic bin?

Of course not.
Because that would require CONSIDERATION for the other people in this building.

I want him nibbled to death by angry, rabid geese. Stat.

Now I'm going to have to wash my stockings in the bathroom sink so that I have at least SOMETHING clean to wear to work tomorrow.

Cocksucking ingrate. I heap a thousand cockroach infested boils upon your unworthy hide.

On a lighter note, I saved my mother from a weird mutant cricket in the kitchen late this evening. Mutant, you ask? Yes. Mutant. That little bastard had about twenty legs. And it was identifiably a cricket.

Yay New Jersey.

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I almost forgot the other thing which has mightily pissed me off.

The eBay seller that I won this from.

Okay, here's the story:

I sent a personal check to pay for this, something which I rarely do. The check bounced, by way of the kick-Tara-in-the-ass Gods who like to play with my bank account. It wasn't supposed to have bounced. I don't know how it bounced because I had my bank book accounted for to the very smallest cent. I'm assuming an unknown service charge decided to rear its ugly head. My check bounced.

I find out about this check on Thursday when I call the bank to get my balance because I'm getting paid and I want to know how much is in my account before I deposit my check. I deposit my check as cash, as I always do, thinking that it will clear up the bounced check (and fees thereby incurred) and all will be fine. I also plan to email the seller at my next chance to tell them about it and to offer to pay the fee they will have levelled against them for depositing a rubber check.

On Friday, I call the bank to make a transfer from my account to my mother's and the teller tells me that she can't because my account is in the negative. What? I question this and am told that the branch I went to deposited my check as a check, instead of cash as I had requested. This combined with the fact that my account is overdrawn and that I had deposited my pay after four o'clock means that my paycheck will not clear until Monday, the 19th. Grr. Okay, fine. I can deal with this.

I check my email later at home and find a nasty note from them detailing that the check bounced and they are furious because they're out the money from their account now (their words "my account is minus your payment.") and because I "have already received (my) your item".

Huh?

I haven't received anything.
I write them a very nice and polite email in reply (butter wouldn't melt in my mouth) telling them I was very sorry for what happened, explaining what happened, and informing them that no, I did not receive my item and could they possibly tell me when it was sent.

Early Sunday evening, I sit down and find an even nastier email from them telling me that they were initially charged a flat fee and are currently being charged $27 dollars a DAY until the bounced check is taken care of. They also say that on Monday they are going to the bank to pay for this in cash to prevent further charges and they will be giving me a total which I have to pay for by PayPal or a money order within 72 hours.

I say again, huh?

No mention of a reply to my query of when the dress was mailed, either.

My problem with this is that when someone deposits a check in their account and it bounces, the bank returns the check to the holder of the account and they are charged a fee for it bouncing. After that, they are given the option to either resubmit the check or return it to the sender/person who wrote the check. There is no "$27 dollars a day" fee for depositing a check which bounces.

There is no way in HELL that I'm going to send them $90+ without some kind of confirmation from their bank that this is proper procedure. No fucking way.

I'm calling my bank tomorrow to see if they can tell me what bank my check was deposited in and if there's a phone number available. I'm also going to verify with my bank what the common procedure is for depositing bounced checks.

My next actions hinge what I am told. If I get the phone number from my bank, then I'm calling to find out their procedure regardless of what my bank tells me is procedure. I want to know their way. If I don't get the phone number, then I'm sending a reply to the seller saying ( this. )

It's polite, to the point, and makes very clear that I am not going to be taken advantage of in any manner whatsoever.

In addition to all of this information, I checked their feedback again this evening. I'd done it before, before I bid on the dress. But, checking it this evening revealed feedback that had not been there prior. New feedback, for recent transactions. It makes me a bit uneasy.

I have impeccable feedback on eBay and I'm very proud of this. I buy frequently and I sell not-so-frequently. Since 1998-1999, I've been doing this. And I have never ONCE gotten negative feedback.

If this turns into a war, and I'm afraid it has good potential for doing so, I'm going to make a webpage with all of the details. This will include all of the exchanged emails and the information which I will find out about from either/both bank(s). And a link will be posted with a negative feedback score on their account. And in the event I receive a negative from them, which I am sure I will, the link will be posted as a reply.

I'm fairly sure I've covered all my bases so far. Any suggestions?

(no subject)

It would appear that the aforementioned eBay seller is an idiot.

I called my bank, who gave me the name of the bank my check was sent to. After speaking to two separate people there, I deduced that this girl deposited my check and either (a.) did it as cash or (b.) wrote a check against the balance before the check cleared.

(a.) is a normal enough thing to do. For a paycheck, though. Not for a personal check from a total stranger. (b.) is just a damn stupid and boneheaded thing to do.

They also told me that they charge $7 flat fee for bounced checks. And that they can not come between the account holder and I with our dispute over this. The lady I spoke to says that even though it was my check that bounced, I can't really be held responsible for what was or was not in the seller's account and how she handles her money.

As soon as I'm done writing this, I'm going on eBay's webpage and scouting around for advice. I'm also going to contact a small claims lawyer and ask them what they think.

Ever see me flame somebody on LJ or a newsgroup and how I just won't give up until the other party shuts their fucking mouth?

I'm a hundred times worse then that in person.

*smirk*

I do not suffer fools gladly. Especially the ones who try to take me for a sucker.

Keyword: try.